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After the Leveson Inquiry, is the press now beyond control? The Leveson Inquiry was meant to usher in a new era of press regulation, but have we gone from one ineffective regulator to another?

With news that Madeleine McCann’s father has called for a new Leveson Inquiry

After the Leveson Inquiry, is the press now beyond control?

The Leveson Inquiry was meant to usher in a new era of press regulation, but have we gone from one ineffective regulator to another? @cliffmitchell.bsky.social

Starmer urges Europe’s leaders to curb ECHR to halt rise of far right Exclusive: PM calls for members of European convention on human rights to allow tougher action to protect borders

How many times do we need to point this out?
By appeasing the far right, you do not weaken it. You strengthen it.
While weakening your own position.
There's a vast amount of academic research showing this.
But Labour will not listen.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...

REAL HOPE. REAL CHANGE. 180,000 Green Party Members Green Party Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ

🎯ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY🎯

The Green Party has passed 180,000 members!

That's enough to fill Ally Pally 18 times - and we're not getting any littler 😉

All across the country, thousands of people are joining to build a positive movement of hope.

Be part of it. Join today ⤵️

The Seven Richest Billionaires Are All Media Barons Alan MacLeod tracks how billionaire media barons like Musk, Ellison, Bezos and Zuckerberg are capturing global news outlets and reshaping politics.

ICYMI: this is very obviously a crisis every bit as emergent - and indivisible from - climate breakdown.

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Given a) Farage's past; b) the expanding story about Russia and former MEPs; and c) media enthusiasm for "what influence is being bought?" questions, if anyone to left of Mussolini is gifted so much as a cup of sugar, why is Reform facing no such questions about Friday's £9m crypto-bro donation?~AA

The most transparent administration in history is now hiding both the complete Epstein files and the complete video of the Sept. 2 boat strike from the American people, only releasing the parts of each that they want you to see while concealing the rest.

‘Bloodshed was supposed to stop’: no sign of normal life as Gaza’s killing and misery grind on The term ceasefire ‘risks creating a dangerous illusion life is returning to normal’ for Palestinians squeezed into the remaining 42% of their land behind Israel’s ‘yellow line’

The 'ceasefire in Gaza' is a myth perpetuated by Trump and Netanyahu. Palestinians are still dying. www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

All I want for Christmas is for everyone to get for themselves exactly what they hope for immigrants, disabled and trans people.

Farage has been dismissing evidence of Russian ties to the Salisbury Novichok attack since 2018 🧐

"ICE is arresting the worst of the worst."

Everything this administration tells us is a lie.

Reform UK gets £9mn donation from Christopher Harborne Nigel Farage’s party attracts far more funding than both Labour and the Conservatives

Reform gets largest ever political donation by an individual in UK history from a crypto baron living in Thailand

This is not normal

www.ft.com/content/db73...

It’s shocking how these people can speak truth to power and show an understanding of law, truth and executive over reach!

Which just goes to prove that every time they didn’t it was a CHOICE they made!

"Branding individuals as 'narco-terrorists' without proof just to open the door to lethal force is not a legitimate policy,it’s a dangerous fantasy. It bypasses due process, shreds constitutional limits, and pushes America toward another unnecessary foreign war."

-Senator Rand Paul (R)

Oh for fuck's sake.

Urgent Question in parliament about the fact that a group of well-funded bigots are weaponising the justice system to attempt to force the segregation of a minority group? Maybe? Anyone?

(And while we're about it, let's get GC beliefs unprotected, because fuck that)

SHAME on everyone who has pushed and paid for this. You are not feminists. You are not allies. You KNOWINGLY work with ultra-conservative and far right organisations. SHAME on you.

Also, your daughters think you’re shitheads.

It is possible in social gatherings to turn your backs on bigots and not speak to them. GCs believe themselves to represent a majority of women: if this were true, they won't have a problem with being shunned by women who don't agree with them.

RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".

Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.

Reeves speech did not mislead on challenges facing UK ahead of Budget, says OBR official Prof David Miles tells MPs the messaging given by the chancellor was

Oh.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A desk with a laptop and three additional screens all displaying a windows Home Screen - to the right an office window shows a view over Belfast.

“look upon my screens, ye mighty and despair”

But seriously enjoy the extra flexibility though you may find with monitors it’s like lanes on the M25 - the more you have, the more you need!

Asked for comment by Sky News, the IDF responded: "Earlier today, IDF troops identified two suspects who crossed the yellow line, conducted suspicious activities on the ground, and approached IDF troops operating in the southern Gaza Strip, posing an immediate threat to them. "Following the identification, the IAF eliminated the suspects in order to remove the threat."

They were 8 and 11 years old

Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.

McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.

Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.

See the problem?

Keep out: what flags mean to community NHS workers Frontline NHS staff are feeling an increasing sense of exclusion and intimidation from the surge of St George’s flags displayed on homes

Keep out: what flags mean to community NHS workers

Frontline NHS staff are feeling an increasing sense of exclusion and intimidation from the surge of St George’s flags displayed on homes | Mark Cunliffe
@markcunliffe.bsky.social

The highest calling of journalism isn’t to tell two sides of a story.

The highest calling of journalism is to tell the truth.

And acting like a stenographer is a betrayal of your audience.

Former Brexit Party MEP denies taking payment from pro-Russian campaign A prominent former MEP for Nigel Farage's old party denies taking bribes in a pro-Russian campaign.

“Speaking outside his chateau in France, former Brexit Party and UKIP MEP Coburn answered "no" when a BBC journalist asked him whether he’d ever been paid to give a speech to promote pro-Russian campaigners”

Just FFS investigate the whole dodgy traitorous lot of them.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I'm not actually against stealing art. I just think that if you actually want to stick it to the man you should mean it. Start heisting art from hedge funds and billionaires who use it as collateral, not pirating books and music which is stealing from the pockets of your fellow workers.

Nigel Farage has spent £1m taking out adverts in the papers to distract from the Nathan Gill Russian bribe scandal.

We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.

Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...

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Lib Dem leader Edward Davey calls for a national investigation into Russian political interference in British politics:

"Given Reform won't, he must. So will he know launch a national investigation into Russian infiltration into our politics?"

Starmer: "Reform is riddled with pro-Putin propaganda"

Trump Angrily Threatened to Sue BBC. Then Things Took a Darker Turn. First, British Broadcasting Corporation execs resigned after Trump complained about a segment. Now the BBC edited out a line from a historian that was critical of Trump. Where does this end?

In case you missed this, the BBC edited a historian's speech about Trump to remove the claim that he's "the most openly corrupt president in US history." This came after Trump had threatened a $1 billion lawsuit.

Elite capitulation continues.

Read all about it here:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...